Boko Haram Behind The Boost In Cattle Rustling In Nigeria And Border Communities

Representatives of the Republic Of Cameroun, Niger and Chad at a dialogue on cattle rustling say members of the dreaded boko haram sect are behind the boost in cattle rustling experienced around their border regions with Nigeria.

Boko Haram Behind The Boost In Cattle Rustling In Nigeria And Border Communities

A strategic dialogue convened by the centre for peace and conflict studies, Moddibo Adama University Of Technology, Mautech Yola, to address cattle rustling around the borders adjoining the three nations and Nigeria brought the stakeholders together in Yola.

While the stakeholders agreed that the problem of cattle rustling around these countries has assumed a scourge, the representatives of Chad, Niger and Cameroun noted that the activities of boko haram is boosting criminality around their borders.

Abubakar Buka Muhammadu leader of the Nigerien delegation who supported outlawing transhumance pastoral farming said Difa region in his country has become a notable route for the transnational cattle rustlers who use it as a get away route.

He said cattle rustling is a scourge in the region and deadly too, because boko haram has been boosting the criminality. In the Difa region, one of the State bordering Nigeria, cattle rustling has become deadly.